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This area of cPanel’s interface contains tools for retrieving network information. For instance, you can look up an IP address or trace the route from your computer to the computer on which your website is hosted (your web server). Domain Lookup cPanel’s Network Tools will execute a ...

An error page informs a visitor when there is a problem accessing your site. Each problem has its own code (such as 404, 500, etc.) and corresponding error page. Basic error pages are automatically provided by the web server. However, cPanel allows you to define custom error pages for any HTTP ...

Perl modules are pieces of software written in the Perl programming language. cPanel makes it easy to search for and add Perl modules from the CPAN repository to your website. View Available Perl Modules To view all available Perl modules: Click Show Available Perl Module(s). Once you find the ...

PEAR packages are pieces of software written in the PHP scripting language. cPanel makes it easy to search for and add PHP PEAR packages to your website. Click PHP PEAR Packages to view all available PHP packages, search for a specific kind of package, or, if you know its name, add one immediate ...

cPanel can guide you through the process of setting up a MySQL database, along with the requisite accounts and privileges, step by step. To set up a database using the MySQL Database Wizard: In the New Database field, enter a name for the database. Click Next Step. In the Username field, ent ...

Databases offer a method for managing large amounts of information easily over the web. They are necessary to run many web-based applications such as bulletin boards, content management systems, and online retail shops. If you need to create a database as well as the account that will access it ...

When allowed by your web host, an addon domain allows a new domain name to link to a subdirectory of your account. The addon domain’s files will be stored in a subdirectory of your public_html folder. Creating an addon domain gives you the ability to control multiple domains from a single ...

GnuPG keys use the “public key approach” to encryption. Messages are sent once they have been encrypted by a public key. The messages can only be decrypted by a private key, held by the intended recipient. Add a Key To add a GnuPG key: Fill in the fields below the Create a New Key h ...

A hotlink occurs when content from your site is embedded on another site, using your bandwidth to serve the files. cPanel allows you to prevent hotlinks to your site. When disabling hotlinks, be sure to allow hotlinking for any necessary domains, such as your website’s subdomains. Enable ...

The SSL and TLS features are intended to make your website more secure. These features generate and manage SSL certificates, signing requests, and keys. This is useful for websites that will use logins and credit card numbers, since information will be sent to and from your website over the Int ...

This feature is capable of blocking a single IP address or a range of IP addresses from accessing your site. Fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) can also be banned. See the glossary for more information about FQDNs. Deny (Ban) an IP Address To deny/ban an IP address: Key-in the necessary IP to ...

Password protecting a directory restricts access to certain parts of your website by requiring visitors to enter a username and a password. This password process is also referred to as a type of “authentication” process. While using this feature, navigate the directories by clicking ...

Raw access logs are text files that contain information about your visitors and what content on your website they have accessed. Configure Logs At the main screen, the checkboxes at the top of the page allow archive logs to be included in the /home directory each month. It is also possible to se ...

Webalizer is a complex statistical analysis program capable of producing charts and graphs about who is visiting your website. To begin, click the button under the View heading next to the appropriate domain name. Here, the information is displayed in a series of bar graphs relating to a key b ...

This function shows the monthly bandwidth usage, traffic for the day the function is accessed, and traffic information for the entire year. The function is intended to allow you to monitor the heaviest traffic times for your site as well as to help you to decide whether you should purchase more ...

This function will show information regarding the last 300 people to visit your website. To begin, click the button under the View heading next to the desired domain name. The records here will show the visitor’s IP address, the HTTP code the visitor received, the date and time of the vi ...

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is another method of website file management. cPanel comes complete with an FTP server that is pre-configured and easy to use. To begin using FTP, you need to create a user account. Once the account is created, you can log into your website with an FTP ...

This function shows you information about the available free space for your website. At the top of the main screen is a graph displaying the basic disk usage information by directory in Megabytes, seen in the screenshot below. This tells you what directories use the most space on your website&r ...

The Legacy File Manager offers file manipulation options in an older web-based interface. Users already familiar with an older version of cPanel’s File Manager may find the Legacy File Manager more comfortable. When an existing file is clicked from the list, a menu in the upper right-hand ...

The File Manager is cPanel’s built-in web application for managing and manipulating your website’s files from your personal computer. Most users will feel comfortable using this file management tool. cPanel provides a number of ways files can be manipulated within the File Manager. ...